Sue Carol Ladd (1907 - 1982)

Actress. Wife of actor Alan Ladd.  She was 20 years old when she entered film work. Her first role was a bit part in “Soft Cushions” in 1927. Directors liked the way she took instruction and gave her a more substantial part later that year in “Slaves of Beauty.”   While she didn’t land the […]

Berta Labarga (1948 - 2003)

Spanish-born actress. She appeared in the film “Imagenes Del Deporte N’63” (1973). (bio by: K)

Violet La Plante (1908 - 1984)

Actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the sister of actress Laura La Plante and was known as Violet Avon during Hollywood’s silent film era. In 1923, she became a starlet member of the “WAMPAS Baby Star” troupe, making her screen debut in “Battling Buddy” (1924). For the next four years she appeared in […]

Laura La Plante (1904 - 1996)

Laura La Plante Beautiful silent film actress Laura La Plante was born Laura La Plant in St. Louis, Missouri on November 1st, 1904. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was a child and she was educated in the public schools there. At age 15 she broke into films, after being noticed for her […]

Rosemary La Planche (1923 - 1979)

Actress. She was crowned Miss America in 1941 and Miss California in 1940 and 1941. La Planche appeared in films including, “Golden Hands Of Kunigal” (1966), “Federal Agents vs. Underworld Inc.” (1949), “Betty Co-Ed” (1946), “Girl Rush” (1944), “Gildersleeve On Broadway” (1943), “Prairie Chickens” (1943), “Fall In” (1942), “Irene” (1940), “Mad About Music” (1938), and […]

Natalya Kustinskaya (1938 - 2012)

Actress. A pretty blonde, she will probably be best remembered as a sex kitten from several Soviet comedies of the 1960s. The child of a show business family, she was raised within the theatrical milieu, studied piano at the Gnessin Music School, and trained at the State Institute of Cinematography prior to her silver screen […]

Karyn “Cookie” Kupcinet (1941 - 1963)

Actress. She was murdered the week after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and many Kennedy Conspiracy theorists believe that she had been killed to silence her. Her murder has never been solved. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of Chicago “Sun Times” columnist Irv Kupcinet.  She began her acting career playing summer […]

Suzanne Krull (1966 - 2013)

Actress. A noted character performer, she later became a respected screenwriter. Raised in New York City, she started writing while still a small child, attended Brooklyn’s South Shore High School, and after moving to Southern California graduated from Agoura High School. Suzanne returned to the Big Apple to study for two years at the American […]

Alma Kruger (1970 - 1960)

Actress. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she began her career performing on Broadway in 1907 and made her screen debut in “These Three” (1936). A veteran of more then forty films during the 1930s and 1940s, her credits included “Craig’s Wife” (1936), “The Great Waltz” (1938), “His Girl Friday” (1940), “Saboteur” (1942), “Babes on Swing Street” […]

Hildegard Krekel (1952 - 2013)

Actress. Her most famous role was that of the daughter Rita in the 1970s German TV series “Ein Herz und eine Seele” (“One Heart and One Soul”), the German version of the BBC series “Till Death Do Us Part”, which was also re-made in the United States as “All in the Family”. She began her […]

Erle Jolson Krasna (1922 - 2004)

Former Actress. Widow of singer Al Jolson and later of screenwriter and producer Norman Krasna. She appeared in several minor film roles before marrying Al Jolson in 1945.  (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Parents:  Edwin Forrest Galbraith (1879 – 1968)  Erle Chenault Galbraith (1878 – 1957)  Spouses:  Al Jolson (1886 – 1950)*  Norman Krasna (1909 […]

Gabriela Kownacka (1952 - 2010)

Actress. She was a leading star of Polish film, stage, and television for around 35 years. A 1975 graduate of Warsaw’s National Theatre School, she made the first of her roughly 40 silver screen appearances as Sophie in 1972’s “Wesele” (“Wedding”). Gabriela was to see her ‘big break’ in 1977 when she won the Zbigniew […]

Mia Kovacs (1959 - 1982)

Daughter of legendary comic Ernie Kovacs and actress Edie Adams. She was just beginning a career as an actress when she was killed in an automobile accident on Mulhullond Drive in Los Angeles. Losing control over her car, she ran off the road and the car rolled, ejecting her through the sunroof and killing her […]

Nina Koshetz (1891 - 1965)

Opera Singer. Born in Kiev, both of her parents had been stars of the Imperial Opera in Moscow. In 1915, Koshetz met Sergei Rachmaninov and they appeared together in successful recitals. Until 1917, she appeared as soprano, in operas such as “The Queen of Spades,” “The Tsar’s Bride” and “Tosca.” Later, she moved to the […]

Iris Dobson Korn (1907 - 1982)

Actress. As a performer, she was best known for her television performance in the role of the wife of Reverend Alden on the series “Little House on the Prairie”. Her other TV credits included “Emergency”, “Cannon”, “The Waltons”, “Barnaby Jones”, “Charlie’s Angels”, “The Incredible Hulk” and “Taxi”. For feature films, she appeared in “White Lighting” […]

Véra Korène (1901 - 1996)

Actress. Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia. She played the leading roles in “Savage Brigade,” “Seven Men, One Woman,” “Double Crime in the Maginot Line” and “The Volga Boatman.” (bio by: MC)

Leopoldine Konstantin (1886 - 1965)

Actress. She was born in Brünn, Moravia, now Czech Republic. She developed her career on stage and screen from the silent movies to “talkies.” During Second World War, she was forced to exile, first to London, where she lost her son during a bombardment and later exiled to Hollywood.  She is fondly remembered as Claude […]

Vera Feodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (1864 - 1910)

Actress. Though her career started late and was brief, she is remembered as her country’s premier theatrical personality at the dawn of the 20th Century. The child of an opera singer father and a mother descended from a distinguished military family, she was raised in wealth and privilege, took to the stage early, at 19 […]

Dora Komar (1914 - 2006)

Austrian actress, dancer and singer. She performed on stage in opera and theater, and made five films during the early 1940s. She married and moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1946, ending her film career. (bio by: Rudi Polt)

Padmini Kolhapure (1932 - 2006)

Actress, Dancer. Born in Poojappura in Thiruvanthapuram, India, she acted and danced in over 250 films within a forty year career. She made here debut in the 1949, Hindi film ‘Kalpana’. As the primary star of the Malayalam and Tamil cinema, she also was in the Bollywood films, “Payal” [1957], Babubhai Mistry’s “Mahabharat” [1965], Raj […]

Michi Kobi (1924 - 2016)

Actress. She is remembered for playing ‘Nurse Nakamura’ in the original Broadway production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1963 to 1964). Born Machiko Okamoto, she was forced along with her family to relocate to a Japanese prison camp in Utah during World War II. During her time while incarcerated, she participated in plays […]

Ruth Kobart (1924 - 2002)

Actress. She appeared in motion pictures and on television, woth roles including voices in animated cartoons. Some of her appearences where in films such as “Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit” (1993), “The Hindenburg” (1975), “Dirty Harry” (1971), “Petulia” (1968) and “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” (1967). On televison she appeared […]

Kathryn Anne Knotts (1956 - 2005)

Actress. A native of Tucson, Arizona, she graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California. Her credits include the films, “Eye Of The Sparrow” (1987), “The Method” (1989), and “Tax Season” (1989). On television, she appeared as ‘Stephanie Corbridge’ in “Midnight Caller” in 1991. An outspoken […]

Olga Knipper (1868 - 1959)

Actress. She was the wife of playwright and author Anton Chekhov, who wrote the roles of Masha in “Three Sisters” (1901) and Madame Ranevskaya in “The Cherry Orchard” (1904) for her. She also created the role of Vasilisa in Maxim Gorky’s play “The Lower Depths” (1902). Olga Leonardovna Knipper was born in Glazov, Murtiza Province, […]

Audre Joan Monture Knecht (1930 - 1989)

Born Audrey Monture, she dropped the “y” when she became on actress. She acted on Stage and Film during the 40’s and 50’s, appearing in minor roles in such films as “The Luck of Ginger Coffey” and “Niagara” among others. She co-hosted a talk radio program in Kankakee, IL under the name “Audre K”. In […]

Bodil Kjer (1917 - 2003)

Actress. She was born in Odense, where she received her first training in acting at the local theatre. From 1936 to 1938 she attended the drama school at The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen where she made her debut in 1937. Except for a short interval of five years she stayed at that theatre for the […]

Kyoko Kishida (1930 - 2006)

Actress. Daughter of the playwright and novelist Kunio Kishida. Her best-known role was in Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1964 movie “Suna no Onna” (“Woman in the Dunes”). A founding member of the theater group Engeki Shudan En (formed in 1975), she was also known in Japan for dubbing the voice of “Moomin” in the popular animation series. […]

Kathleen Kirkham (1895 - 1961)

Actress. Starting her career in stock in Wisconsin, Kirkham trained in dramatic schools before acting on the screen. Kirkham often played the vamp in films and also played mother roles to women who were older than she was. She played several roles as the “woman you loved to hate,” roles she could never overcome. At […]

Evelyn Kingsley (1928 - 2000)

Stage and motion picture actress. Appeared in the 1973 drama “Toys Are Not For Children.” (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Hetty King (1883 - 1972)

Actress and Singer.  Born Winifred Emms King, the daughter of the famous British coster comedian Will King, Hetty became one of England’s highly successful male impersonators, starting out in Music Hall in 1897.  She topped the bills all over the world while dressed as a debonaire man about town or as a sailor or a […]